Flashcards in The Skin Deck (84)
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_____ glands: axillary, pubic, and perianal regions; produce milky, viscid, carbohydrate-rich secretion; begin to function during puberty
Apocrine Sweat
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_____ glands: hybrid sweat glands mainly in axilla
Apoeccrine
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_____ glands: lubricate thick terminal hairs with oily secretion
Sebaceous
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_____ glands: oil glands that secrete sebum (lipid mixture)
Sebaceous
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_____ glands: produce more viscous sweat, become active after puberty, located in axillary and anogenital regions
Apocrine Glands
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_____ glands: secrete odorless watery sweat, vital in thermoregulation
Eccrine
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_____ glands: secretion of entire cell
Holocrine
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_____ glands: traditional Sweat glands distributed over most of the body with water enzyme-rich secretions
Eccrine Sweat
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______ layer of the dermis: dense connective tissue
Reticular
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______ layer of the dermis: loose connective tissue immediately under the epidermis
Papillary
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_________: apical portion of secretory cell cytoplasm pinches off and enters lumen
Decapitation secretion
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______: attach keratinocytes to each other
Desmosomes
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______: onion-like arrangement of nervous tissue, involved in vibration and pression, highest density of genitals
Pacinian Corpuscles
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______: pine cone-like arrangement of nervous tissue, involved in fine touch, highest density on pulps of digits
Meissner's Corpuscles
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_____: attach basal cells firmly to basal lamina of dermal-epidermal junction
Hemidesmosomes
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____melanin: black-brown color
Eumelanin
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____melanin: yellow to red-brown color
Pheomelanin
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Adnexal Structures (5)
Apocrine Glands, Eccrine Glands, Sebaceous Glands, Hair, Nails
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Cell type: form barrier layer, synthesize keratin, involved in proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis
keratinocytes
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Cell type: pigment producing cells (synthesize melanin and supplies it to about 30 nearby keratinocytes)
melanocytes
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Cell type: Specialized dendritic cells derived from bone marrow stem cells present in the epidermis
Langerhans Cells
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Collagen Type __: >85% weight of dermis, major component of bone (predominant type)
I
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Collagen Type __: anchoring fibrils that attach epidermis to dermis
VII
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Collagen Type __: found in basement membrane zone in dermoepidermal junction, more prominent around blood vessels
IV
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Collagen Type __: large part of fetal dermis (less in adult), more resistant to scar formation
III
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Description: circumscribed elevation containing pus, <1cm
pustule
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Description: circumscribed loss of epidermis and upper dermis
ulcer
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Description: deep crack or cleavage found in areas of thickened skin
fissure
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Description: discrete, solid elevated mass; less than 1cm
papule
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